Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-03
A MUSICAL EVENT.

A mOSAOAA EVH
 The National opera Company to
 Give ssFaust', Under the Direction
 of Theodore ThOmas-The Enter sociatfon.
 All lovers of music will be pleased to learn that arrangements have been perfected be- tween the New Haven Concert association
 and the National (Ameriean) Opera company for the production of Gounod's s'Faust" on | Thursday evening, January 20, at Carll's Opera House. The opera has been given by
 this organization during it's engagements in New York city, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis. Brooklyn, Detroit and will be again produced in Boston during the engagement
 which commences this evening. New Haven | will therefore be the eighth city in America | to see Gounods masterpiece represented on | a scale of magnifcence never equalled in this | country. It is needless to announce that it will be the rarest musical treat ever offered | to us and much praise is due the directors of | the concert association for the enterprise | they have shown in securing it. The selec-
 tion of ''Faust" was especially recommended | by the management of the company
 and was equally acceptable to the association. It is an opera that l ranks foremost among the grand opera suc- cesses and taxes the resources of the com | pany to the utmost. MT. Theodore Thomas
 has agreed that he will personally conduct ! the opera and that it will be given with the same completeness that has characterized it's l production in the cities just mentioned. The score will be the one used at the first produc- | ton of the work in Paris under Gounod's ! supervision, including the introduction of scenes never before given in this country. This score has never been published, the manuscript copy which is used, together with all the models and plates illustrating it's original production, being the one given to Mir. Thomas last summer by the special favor of the directors of the Paris Grand Opera. The following is the cast:
 Marguerite Miss Emma Juch Faust. Charles Bassett Mephistopheles.. .......:-. MT. William Ludwig Martha. Miss Mathilde Phillips Valentine ne-...-..-.----.---M Mir Alonzo Stoddard Branden. MT. Joseph Silvers Miss Emma Juch has always been favor ite with us and Marguerite" is her strongest role as we'll as the one she likes
 best to assume. MT. Ludwig is recognized
 as the greatest living 'FMephistopheles, J his
 reputation having been gained while mem
 Der of Carl Rosas opera company in London,
 and which he duplicated by his recent per
 formances in this country. MT. Charles Bas-
 sett is an American artist who for the past
 few years has been singing in Italian opera
 in the principal cities of Europe under an |
 brought back to his native land by the or ganization of this company. He has pure
 tenor voice of remarkable musical quality especially in the upper register. Mrs. Jessie Bartlett Davis is a young American vocalist with rich contralto voice who has received excellent acting. Miss Mathilde Phillips will be remembered by the admirers of the original Boston Ideal con- pany. It will thus be seen that while care fully avoiding the star system, the principal artists are those who have given proof of pals, there will be chorus of one hundred trained singers and an orchestra of sixty mu- sicians. |
 The following is the synopsis of scenery:
 Act 1-Scene I. Faust's studio. Scene II. The
 Act II-Garden in Marguerite's dwelling. eo Act 1I[-Scene l. Street with church exterior
 Act IV-Brocken scene and grand transforma | Act V-Prison scene and apotheoss.
 In the Kirmess of the first act and in the l grand Bacchanal of the fourth act the entire | ballet will appear. This act will include l Miles. Theodora de Gillert, Felicita Garozzi, l Marie Givri and M. Cammarano as principal | dancers, eight secondas, twelve male panto- | mists and 58 coryphees, under the leader | ship of M. Mamert Bibeyran All of the | regular scenery of the theater will be removed | and replaced by that specially prepared by | Voeghtlin, Goatcher and others. The cos | tunes have been made in the workshops of l the company in New York city under the | supervision of MT. Alfred Godchaux The | orchestra rail and the first three rows of seats l in the parquet will be removed to make room | for the musicians. In the Apotheosis, which | concludes the performance, novel electrical effects will be produced. The company passed through this city yesterday morning on their way to Boston, There were seven day coaches, three sleeping cars and fourteen baggage cars used in transporting them.
 The price of seats will vary from S1 to 3, according to location, and the sale will be conducted fairly and in a manner to avoid as far as it is possible the presence of ticket spectators. The opera is to be given not as a money making scheme, but to secure for our city 8 truly grand production of grand opera.